 Abraham and Sarah  Sarah was Barren  Hagar handmaid – son – Ishmael  Sarah had son – Isaac  Hagar and Ishmael were cast out

Allegory Allegory = figure of speech [Simile – metaphor – metonymy – synecdoche - hyperbole]  Two words – another, to speak  Speak something else than what the language means  Extended type of comparison

1 I.Two women - - Two Covenants II. Two Sons - - Two Births III. Two Social Ranks - - Two Spiritual Ranks IV. Two Characters - - Two Dispositions V. Two Inheritances - - Physical and Spiritual VI. Two Cast out - - Hagar and Ishmael VII. Two Remained - - Sarah and Isaac

2 Gal. 4:21-22 NKJV 21. “Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

2 Gal. 4:23 NKJV “But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,”

2 Gal. 4:24 NKJV “which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar—” “Which things are an allegory:” KJV

2 Gal. 4:25-26 NKJV 25. “for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children-- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

2 Gal. 4:27-28 NKJV 27. “For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband." 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.”

2 Gal. 4:29 NKJV “But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.”

2 Gal. 4:30 NKJV “Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."

2 Gal. 4:31-5:1 NKJV 4:31 “So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.” 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”

3 1.Handmaid 2.Slave woman 3.Ability to bear 4.Son - Ishmael 5.Born - flesh 1.Real Wife 2.Free woman 3.Barren 4.Son – Isaac 5.Born - promise

3 6.Covenant from Sinai 7.Children unto bondage 8.Not with Promise 9. Jerusalem now 6.Covenant of Christ 7. Children unto freedom 8. Related to Promise 9.Jerusalem above

3 10.Bondage with children 11.Judaism 12.Bondage 13.Persecuted 14.Cast out 15.Physical 10.Children are free 11.Christians 12.Freedom 13.Persecution 14.Retained 15. Heir

Misunderstanding the covenants continues to cause problems  Premillennialism  Worship on Sabbath Day  Bring over parts of Old Law  Instrumental Music  Tithing

PatriarchyJudaismChristianity International ReligionNational ReligionFamily Religion RedSeaRedSea The Flood ADAMMOSESCHRIST the KINGDOM Col. 1:13 or the CHURCH Acts2:47 Mt. Sinai Ex. 19

Col 2:14 Col 2:14 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;” NKJV “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.” NKJV

27. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Gal. 3:27-29 (NKJV)

We are no longer living under the law, but under Christ !!

Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga Sunday Evening Mar. 16, 2008